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Building Prevention to Protect: The Inter-American Human Rights System

AutorCarlos Portales - Diego Rodríguez Pinzón
CargoProfessor and Senior Researcher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (flacso-Chile) in Santiago - Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
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Building Prevention to Protect:
The Inter-American Human Rights System
Fecha de recepción: 17 de febrero de 2016
Fecha de aceptación: 11 de octubre de 2016
Doi: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.5300
Carlos Portales* and Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon**
Abstract: The article explores the way that the Inter-American human rights
system assumes the “responsibility to protect” in the context of serious
violations of human rights that can be characterized as war crimes, cri-
mes against humanity, genocide, and ethnic cleansing. The essay describes
* Carlos Portales is Professor and Senior Researcher at the Latin American Faculty of
Social Sciences (FLACSO-Chile) in Santiago. He was Director of the Program on Inter na-
tional Organizations, Law and Diplomacy at American University Washington College
of Law. Previously, he was Ambassador of Chile to the UN-
ganization of American States, and to Mexico. He was Vice-President of the UN Human
Rights Council (2009-2010). Email: carlos_portales@hotmail.com.
** Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Co-Director of
the Masters in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University’s
Washington College of Law. Washington D.C., United States. drodrig@wcl.american.edu
Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon is Professorial Lecturer in Residence at American University
Washington College of Law and Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law and the LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
in that institution. He served as Ad Hoc Judge in the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights of the Org anization of American States (OAS) from 2007 to 2011. He was also
staff attor ney at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS and has
litigated several cases before international mechanisms on issues related to impunity, rule
of law and human rights.
Para citar este artículo: Portales, C. & Rodriguez-Pinzon, D., “Building prevention in order to protect:
the Inter-American Human Rights System”, Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional (ACDI), 2017, 10,
pp. 261-294. Doi: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/acdi/a.5300
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how the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-
American Court of Human Rights have responded to such situations by
using the ample powers granted to them by the OAS member states. The
authors consider that these organs have been some of the most effective
tools with which this region has confronted such situations by seeking
     
system has contributed to building democratic regimes in the majority of
the countries of the hemisphere. This has been crucial to avoiding serious
violations of human rights such as those mentioned above, which would
have required urgent international intervention to overcome.
Key words: Responsibility to protect; Inter-American Human Rights System;
American Convention on Human Rights; Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights; Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Construyendo prevención para proteger: el Sistema
Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
Resumen: el presente artículo explora la forma como el Sistema Interame-
ricano de Derechos Humanos responde a la responsabilidad de proteger
a personas en el contexto de violaciones graves a los derechos humanos
que pueden caracterizarse como crímenes de guerra, crímenes de lesa hu-
manidad, genocidio y limpieza étnica. El texto desarrolla algunos ejemplos
sobre la forma como la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
y la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos han respondido frente
a dichas situaciones recurriendo a la diversidad de potestades que les han
sido reconocidas a estos mecanismos de supervisión regional. Los autores
    
cuales los Estados del hemisferio americano han confrontado este tipo
de situaciones y, más importante aún, han prevenido dichas violaciones.
El Sistema Interamericano ha contribuido a sentar unas bases institucio-
nales democráticas en la mayoría de los países del hemisferio, lo cual ha

humanos como las antes enunciadas, que habrían requerido la intervención
internacional urgente para superar tales crisis.
Palabras clave: responsabilidad de proteger, Sistema Interamericano de
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Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Corte Interamericana
de Derechos Humanos.
Construindo prevenção para proteger: o Sistema
Interamericano de Direitos Humanos
Resumo: O presente artigo explora a forma como o Sistema Interameri-
cano de Direitos Humanos responde à responsabilidade de proteger a
pessoas no contexto de violações graves aos direitos humanos que podem
caracterizar-se como crimes de guerra, crimes de lesa-humanidade, geno-
cídio e limpeza étnica. O texto desenvolve alguns exemplos sobre a forma
como a Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos e a Corte Inte-
ramericana de Direitos Humanos têm respondido frente a ditas situações
recorrendo à diversidade de potestades que lhes têm sido reconhecidas
a estes mecanismos de supervisão regional. Os autores sugerem que esta
   
hemisfério americano têm confrontado este tipo de situações e, mais im-
portante ainda, têm prevenido ditas violações. O Sistema Interamericano
tem contribuído a estabelecer umas bases institucionais democráticas na
-
tuações de graves violações de direitos humanos como as antes enunciadas,
que haveriam requerido a intervenção internacional urgente para superar
tais crises.
Palavras-chave: Responsabilidade de proteger, Sistema Interamericano de
Direitos Humanos, Convenção Americana sobre Direitos Humanos, Co-
missão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, Corte Interamericana de
Direitos Humanos.
Introduction
To conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Responsibility to Protect (RTOP)
in Latin America, it is necessary to consider how regional institutions have
taken into account the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing,
and crimes against humanity, as well as capacity building to address them

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